In “Sheer,” the novelist Vanessa Lawrence imagines the improbable rise and inglorious fall of a self-made Gen X beauty mogul. By Caroline Palmer Pioneered by Edward Steichen, Lewis W. Hine and Tana ...

David Propson is Deputy Books editor of the Wall Street Journal, and was previously deputy editor of The Week magazine and culture editor at The New York Sun. Before joining the Journal in 2010, he ...

Tayari Jones, Ann Patchett, George Saunders and Veronica Roth return with new novels; Jennette McCurdy makes her fiction debut; and more. By Miguel Salazar and Laura Thompson In “Advance Britannia,” ...

A 200-year-old book distributor is closing. Here's what that means for public libraries January 7, 2026 • Baker & Taylor is one of very few companies that handle book distribution for libraries — ...